Why is the online worse than last year?

[big dog cowboy]

Why is the online worse than last year?

I'm not sure it is. But at this point, does it really matter? Anyone who breathes air knows that we will rebuild the O-line this off season.

 

[Tuna Helper]

The Olines not worse but it does look worse if that makes any sense.

Jones isn't the same back this season. The fire and burst he played with last year made the oline appear better than it was. There are more theories on this than there are posters here so I won't even try to explain my thoughts.

Bledsoe also makes Olines look worse than they are. He always has. He has some of the worst in pocket mobility I've ever seen. He's huge and hard to bring down, but he never steps up, over, back whatever to get the pass off. He takes sacks that even poor ol' Vinny avoided.

Throw in blockers other than the Oline like Witten who has seemed to regress as a blocker this year (personal opinion is that being taken out of the passing game has affected his drive in this area) and the RB blocking has been much worse.

Your points are valid, but Petitti does a great job of getting out of Strahan's way. This is surely not the way to protect the QB.

 

[Doomsday]

His play was average at best before he went down. Flo is expendable.

The oline was playing a whole lot better before he went down, I would hardly call him expendable.

 

[TunaFan33]

The oline was playing a whole lot better before he went down, I would hardly call him expendable.

I believe the only teams in the NFL that are injury free are the Colts and Bengals-no wonder why...